Ankush Choudhary

Ankush Choudhary

Choudhary at Music Launch of Dagdi Chawl
Born Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Years active 1995-present
Spouse(s) Deepa Parab

Ankush Choudhary (Marathi: अंकुश चौधरी) is an Indian Film actor, screenwriter, director, producer and Theatre personality.

He is widely regarded as one of the most popular actors of the Marathi cinema. He first came into the limelight through a role in 1995 marathi drama film Soona Yeti Ghara along with Ashok Saraf, Alka Kubal, Laxmikant Berde, Vaishali Salvi and Pallavi Nevarkar following which he began receiving many offers in Marathi films and TV serials.[1]

He is also popularly known as DSP his screen name in 2013 blockbuster Duniyadari.

Career

Choudhary started his career by acting in One Act Plays during his college. In 1991, he participated in Maharashtra chi Lokadhara. After his former plays like Hasa Chakat Fu and All the best, he was seen in some TV serial like ‘Bedhund Manaachi Laher’ and ‘Duniyadari’ on ETV Marathi.

In 1995, Ankush played the vital role in the movie ‘Suna Yeti Ghara’, due to which he came into limelight. In this movie, he worked with Laxmikant Berde, Ashok Saraf, Alka Kubal and more. In 2004, he played the lead role opposite Sonali Khare in the movie ‘Savarkhed Ek Gaav’. The movie was based on the real incident that had taken place in the village name Savarkhed in Maharashtra. Apart from this, he has also worked in the Hindi movie ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai’ in 2000, where he had played the role of Govinda’s younger brother.

In 2006, he acted in five Marathi movies like ‘Aai Shappath’, ‘Aaila Re’, ‘Majha Navra Tujhi Bayko’, ‘Matichya Chuli’ and ‘Yanda Kartavya Aahe’ and all these films were super-hit on the box office. In 2007, he directed his first film ‘Saade Maade Teen’ starring Bharat Jadhav, Ashok Saraf and Siddharth Jadhav. In 2008, Ankush acted in the multi-starrer thriller movie ‘Checkmate’ along with Sanjay Narvekar, Swapnil Joshi, Sonali Khare and Rahul Mehendale. In 2009, he played the role of Avinash Sardesai in the movie ‘Gaiir’, directed by Satish Rajwade. The movie also starrer Sandeep Kulkarni, Amruta Khanvilkar and Tejaswini Pandit in a lead roles. He also made a guest appearance in the blockbuster movie ‘Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Bolatoy’. He then played the role of conman name Vishwas in the movie ‘Ringa Ringa’. The movie was directed by Sanjay Jadhav and Ajay-Atul was the music directors.

In 2010, Ankush played the role of Giri Dhuri in Mahesh Manjrekar’s movie ‘Lalbaug Parel’ which was also released in Hindi as ‘City of Gold’. The movie was based on the true life of unemployed mill workers of 1982. In 2011, he played the role of flirt with four different names as Sandy, Suhas, Avinash and Subhan in the movie ‘Zhakaas’. He had romanced with Amruta Khanvilkar, Sai Tamhankar and Pooja Sawant in this movie. In 2012, he acted in two of the super hit movies, ‘Bluffmaster’ and ‘No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey’. In ‘Bluffmaster’ he acted opposite Tejaswini Pandit. In 2013, he directed the movie ‘No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahe’. While in ‘No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey’, he was paired opposite Sai Lokur. The movie was the remake of the Bollywood blockbuster movie ‘No Entry’. Ankush has played the role of Prem in the movie, which was originally played by Salman Khan in ‘No Entry’ in 2005.

In 2013, Ankush was seen in the multi-starrer thriller movie ‘Ashach Eka Betavar’ which was loosely based on the old Hindi movie ‘Gumnaam’. Later, he played the role of Jaisimha in the movie ‘Sanshay Kallol’ opposite Gauri Nigudkar. In the same year, he played the role of DSP in the blockbuster Marathi movie ‘Duniyadari’. The movie directed by Sanjay Jadhav and produced by Zee Talkies earned 25 crore on the box office. Swapnil Joshi, Sai Tamhankar, Urmila Kanitkar, Jitendra Joshi and Richa Pariyalli were also the part of this movie. In 2015, Ankush Chaudhari once again portrayed the character of college student named Satya in the superhit marathi movie Classmates directed by Aditya Sarpotdar. The movie also had Sonalee Kulkarni, Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Chandekar, Sachit Patil in a lead roles.[2] It received positive response from critics as well as viewers. The movie was box office hit and was first hit for Ankush for 2015.[3]

In August his romantic drama film Double Seat released opposite Mukta Barve and directed by Sameer Vidwans.[4] It got tremendous positive reviews from critics and viewers. The movie become one of the highest grossers of 2015 for marathi cinema.[5][6] In October his action crime thriller Daagdi Chaawl releases opposite Pooja Sawant and directed by debutant Chandrakant Kanse.[7] Movie got positive reviews from critics and tremendous response from fans. Movie completed hatrick of blockbuster film for 2015 for Ankush.[8] Movie becomes rage among maharashtrian people for its fast paced speed and action, they gave ankush a Rajnikant style treatment for his Hatrick. This is first time in the history of Marathi cinema that something of this sort has happened. After the release of the action-drama 'Daagdi Chaawl', fans of Marathi cinema's action hero Ankush Choudhary poured milk on a big poster of the actor outside a iconic Bharat Mata cinema hall in Mumbai to show their love for him.[9]

Ankush was seen in Sanjay Jadhav's film Guru opposite Urmila Kanitkar produced by Bagpiper Soda and Eros International[10]

Personal life

He is married to Deepa Parab.[11] The couple was recently seen at premier of Duniyadari.[12]

Filmography

Year Film Role Credited as Notes Ref(s)
1995 Suna Yeti Ghara Actor
2000 Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain Monty
2004 Savarkhed Ek Gaav Rahul
2006 Aaila Re Abhijeet Deshmukh
2006 Matichya Chuli Vishal Dandekar
2006 Yanda Kartavya Aahe Rahul
2006 Aai Shappath..! Shekhar 'Shirya'
2006 Majha Navra Tujhi Bayko
2006 Ishhya Vaibhav
2006 Aga Bai Arrecha! N/A Assistant director
2006 Jatra Unnamed Actor, Assistant director Special appearance in song "Ye Go Ye Ye Maina"
2007 Saade Maade Teen N/A Director
2008 Checkmate Vishal Actor
2008 Uladhaal Vicky
2008 Hyancha Kahi Nem Nahi Moti
2009 Me Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy Unnamed Special appearance in song "Masoli"
2009 Gaiir Avinash Sardesai
2010 Ringa Ringa Vishwas
2010 Irada Pakka Unnamed Cameo appearance in song "Iraada Pakka"
2010 Lalbaug Parel Giri Dhuri/Baba
2010 City Of Gold Giri Dhuri/Baba
2010 Chitra
2010 Target
2011 Shahanpan Dega Deva Ankush
2011 Pratibimb Jaysing Raje
2011 Zhakaas Sandy/Suhas/Subhaan/Avinash Actor, Director
2012 Bluffmaster Nikki Actor
2012 No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey Prem Actor, Director [13]
2013 Sanshay Kallol Jai Sinha Actor
2013 Duniyadari Digambar Shankar Patil Actor, Playback Singer [14]
2013 Ashach Eka Betavar Actor
2013 Jarab Ajay
2013 Vanshvel Patil
2013 Dhating Dhingana
2013 Aabhas
2014 Vaadhdivsachya Haardik Shubhechcha Subodh Kudmule
2014 Bol Baby Bol Himself Guest appearance
2014 Por Bazaar Bhura [15]
2015 Classmates Satya [16]
2015 Double Seat Amit [17]
2015 Daagdi Chaawl Suryakant Shinde [18]
2016 Guru Guru [19]
2016 Autograph [20]

Television

Year Show Role Ref(s)
2000-01 Hasa Chakatfu [21]
2002 Bedhund Manachi Lahar [21]
2003 Abhalmaya [21]

References

  1. ↑ "ankushchaudhari interview".
  2. ↑ "Sonalee, Ankush to play lead in the remake of Malayalam hit film Classmates". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ "Suyash ready to dazzle big screen". The Times of India.
  4. ↑ "Release date of Double Seat is out". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "Brothers shows cancelled for Double Seat". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Marathi Film Double Seat collected Rs 5 crore at box office during 5 Days - divyamarathi.bhaskar.com". divyamarathi.bhaskar.com. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Makrand Deshpande as Arun Gawli". The Times of India. TNN. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "dagdi chawl, marathi movie". Maharashtra Times. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Rajinikanth treatment for Ankush". The Times of India. TNN. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Eros International Partners Bagpiper Soda For Marathi Movie ‘Guru’". BW - Businessword. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Deepa Parab plans a Maharashtrian wedding". DNA. 29 November 2007.
  12. ↑ "Duniyadari: Premiere". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ankush developed cold feet". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Duniyadari to be screened with additional scenes and songs". times of india. Apr 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  15. ↑ "Ankush Chaudhari takes up a grey character". The Indian Express. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Sonalee, Ankush to play lead in the remake of Malayalam hit film Classmates". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Out on a joy ride, in conversation with the cast of Double Seat". dna. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  18. ↑ "Rajinikanth treatment for Ankush". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "Eros International Partners Bagpiper Soda For Marathi Movie Guru". Businessofcinema.com.
  20. ↑ http://marathistars.com/news/ankush-and-satish-in-autograph/
  21. 1 2 3 "Ankush Choudhary". Retrieved 30 March 2016.

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